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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tired Of Waiting For Your Video To "Go Viral?"

Tired of waiting for YouTube views?

We all know the power of video and sites like "YouTube" can't be denied!

Being a musician myself, I realize that as a musician, having our videos go viral can mean success in a lot of ways for us. It can also make us feel great to know that our video was so good that people just naturally wanted to see it.

But what if you don't want to wait for it to "go viral" to get it out there? It would be great to get real people to your hear your music and see your videos by the hundreds and thousands in days instead of weeks and months, right?

I always thought when you posted a video, you'd have to wait for the hits to come in slowly and mount up over time. Well, I recently found out that I could actually "buy" views to my videos! But why would I want to do that? Isn't it cooler to let people just kind of "happen" upon your music or hear about it by word of mouth because the music itself is attracting them? Wouldn't that be the honest way to make it happen?

Did You Know You Could Actually Help Your Video Go Viral?

Well, I've come to realize that it's really all about promotion. And self-promotion is becoming increasingly important in handling our own business as a musician. Believe it or not, we are inbusiness for ourselves!

Thankfully, it has become easier to promote ourselves now through the power of the internet. You WANT the word to get out about what you can offer to the world, and you want to do it as quickly as possible! If you can buy views to what you have to offer, why not? Why not be excited to let the world know about the great thing you've got going?

Buying views to your video causes excitement. It shows people that other people are taking a look at what what you have to offer and gives everything a kind of "jumpstart" for the video. It's also useful in helping your video rise in the search engine rankings making it show up on the first pages when people look for it. Plus, you'll gain subscribers, and you'll get sales of your music and merchandise!

I've hired people through Fiverr.com (whom, by the way, I've received great service through) for this service until I found out about how to buy YouTube views through a service that gets real people to your videos. I found out by chance that I could go to them without worrying about whether I'm being scammed by being told that real people were coming to my video when it really wasn't...it was a script or just a fake view through a "bot"!

Helping Your Video To Go Viral Through Real Human Views Is Known As Promotion

You also don't have to worry about being sited by YouTube for the views you get because you are receiving real views from people, and this is a true promotional tool. I bought the service, and have been very pleased with the results.

Looking at music as a business-minded person who thinks of him or herself as being in business for themselves makes it so that one naturally realizes that getting exposure for anything you want to bring attention to is a huge part of being successful. Just make sure you also have music or a product that appeals to an audience, and promote, promote, PROMOTE!